Curtis H Benton
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It's been 3 months since I was let go and found myself out of what I had thought was my forever job. I'm excited to report that as of Monday morning, I'm back on the ladder and excited about my new opportunity with a massive global company!I
It's been a month of so since our last chat. I caught some kind of cold that messed up my voice and I've been chaotically getting things back to normal here in the new house.I have been working with a career coach from the Hanna Group who ha
We sold the house and we're moving. Less than a month from start to finish! Moving all our stuff from one house, to a smaller house has taught me all about the "carrying cost" of the stuff we keep in our lives.Take a moment to listen, learn
Do we go through the cycles of grief or something similar when we lose our jobs...and are faced with the unknown? I think so. I have just completed my first week of being un-employed... again. And with the sale of our home, the move to our
So after just a few weeks more than a year at what I believed to be my forever home, I'm back in the dog shelter. Corporate structural changes, an ignorant and incapable new manager and a failure to see the flashing red lights have left me bac
Been gone for a couple weeks. Just an update to let everyone know whats going on in Vegas...and Florida!Some times the next chapter is in the next book... Time to start wrapping up our time in Las Vegas and searching for our next adventure i
I've been working tradeshows for the last two week...not Virtual shows, not remote viewing opportunities, but real hand shaking, elbow bumping and... oh my gosh, I'm not wearing a mask Tradeshows.So many of us believed that we didn't lose muc
This weeks marks my third episode for 2022...matching my total for 2021.At the end of February, I'll hit 1 year back as an employed person. I admit that once the day to day desperation ended...I am finding it harder to get motivated for achi
I was fortunate enough to attend the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this past week here in Las Vegas. While attendance was down it was interesting to compare the "tech heavy" CES show to some of the other shows we've hosted over the past seve
For some of you who tuned in yesterday for the start of our weekly 2022 podcasts...you heard NOTHING! Yup, apparently my microphone was not plugged in correctly and I was out of practice. I promise you only missed out on the answer to life th
Time for a check in on starting over. After a very sparce 2021...the result of a new job and loss of focus, I'm back at it with a new focus and new goals for 2022. I hope you'll continue to join me as we make a hard turn into a new life of Wo
So I'm back working in 'corporate'....for what that means in the age of covid...that's anyone's guess. What's it like having a boss after being the boss? What happens when you are back playing the political game at work? Well, that's what I'
Its been over a month since my last new years update. So much has happened that every time I sat down to record something...something else happened. Look..SQUIRELL!Lots of changes going on here, hope for the future and strength for today!
It's my 53rd birthday today. Am I where I expected to be? Certainly not. Am I where I'm going to end up? Certainly not. Time to take stock and start working to focus on where I want to be next year, next month, next week, and tomorrow.If
As we close out 2020, a trying year for all to be certain, some reflection is needed to put things in perspective. What are you dwelling on? What has happened to your life in the past 9 months? What is your focus?As we look forward to a ne
So we had to talk about it at some point. Yes, this episode is about the election and what I see as real issues moving forward. Democrat or Republican, Anarchist or Libertarian, we're all in this mess tegether.I know many of us are feeling
No, there are no recipies here about what to do with left overs, its more a compilation of topics and thoughts that have been building up for a while.Now don't you worry, not a single word about the election, we're an election discussion free
When your favorite team takes the field, you hope that both sides are competitive and its a fair match. Unfortunately, our media and Big Tech are putting their sizable fingers on the scale today. Know your rights, respect the rights of thos
When you're out there on your own its easy to get side tracked.... in a good way or a bad way. But then you still have to get back up on the horse. Today is Monday and Day 1 of this week. We are going to go out and kill it this week... going
Have you wondered why your spirits fail? Why you feel alone and isolated?Perhaps because we ARE ALONE AND ISOLATED!Our generation was not brought up on facebook updates and instagram or twitter posts. We grew up as part of a social commun
We all know where we were 19 years ago today. We still feel that wound in our hearts and cry at the images that will never leave our minds. In 19 years we've gone from a country united together as Americans to something that resembles a third
We're starting off this week with a realization that there are always folks out there who are going through stuff you can't imagin, and they are doing it just the same. What is your excuse?I'm all about setting daily goals this week. Not wo
It's Monday and the world is still coming apart at the seems. Kids are going "back" to school virtually and businesses are trying to come back from the economic destruction of the political pandemic.But there are opportunities in the madness
So many people are today where I was a year ago. Waking up to an uncertain future with little to no support structure in place. Feeling totally isolated and alone on a stormy sea.You are not alone. Reach out for help, Be Social... there ar
When you're in the life insurance business, you learn about mortality. What do the numbers tell us about the impact of CV-19? Well, as I've mentioned before, numbers don't lie! https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htmWe are i
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